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[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It is kinda weird that humans are so resilient to so many things though. It's part of being scavenging omnivores, but alients with a more specialized diet might be weirded out.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dogs can eat rotting meat and lick unwashed balls and ass but die from fucking grapes. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Humans can fuck grapes with impunity

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Seems like a skill issue to me.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dude, I don't mean to boast, but honestly, I think my dick is just WAY too big. Like, I would DESTROY that grape instantly if I tried. It's not just a trick of the camera angle, it just is that big. Honestly, I don't even need to get out a measuring tape to tell you that even with a massive grape, it's just not going to fit.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're not being creative enough. You could have a bowl/cup of grapes, and use that. Or maybe alternatively you could blend/mash them up, let them dry out a bit to stiffen up, then use that.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I find that when you sign up for lemmy, you very much underestimate the extent to which the community is going to be invested in you sticking your dick in grape.

It's not a complaint, really, and it feels supportive, in a way, but it's definitely not what I was expecting. I mean, the whole area of soft fruit isn't really a theme I was considering exploring in any kind of sexual way, if you can appreciate where I'm coming from.

I take your point about the possibility but I'm still drawing a bit of a blank in the motivation department, if I'm honest.

The comment about grape seeds isn't making making me any more enthusiastic, I can tell you. No offence meant.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, this place is a very

  • Grape fucking

  • Endless politics

  • Meta memes/drama/shitposting

pick two kind of place

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

nothing worse than getting a grape seed stuck in your peehole...

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds painful. Like gallstones, but backwards. On the plus side, probably less scratchy. On the minus side, maybe more citric acid.

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ah, thank you. I wasn't sure. However, I am sure that I don't want it going the wrong way up my personals.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

C'mon David. They want you to. Do it for them, buddy.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The grapes? I can never tell when a grape wants some action. My whole life, I've missed every single signal. Well, that, or the grapes just don't find me attractive, like, EVER.

[–] AceSLS@ani.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I just can't see it ever happening.

I don't mean any disrespect, and I don't want to kink shame, but that kinda thing is just not my bag, baby.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Potentially. But think of it this way, there are somewhere around 400,000 plant species out there.

https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/many-plants-world-scientists-may-now-answer/

Based on this list, something on the order of like 99.5% of plants are either not safe, or not useful/beneficial. If other species on our planet share a similar rate without complete overlap, then it's practically a guarantee that there will be thousands of plants that are safe and useful for us but not for other species. That doesn't feel particularly strange or unlikely. So even with a specialized diet, I don't think the numbers would be much different.

It also could be the case that being scavenging omnivores is a strong precursor to becoming intelligent. If your species is on the rise in terms of intelligence, you're probably using that to expand your food sources wide and far.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's based on species though, so it would overrepresent unlikely encounters. I can go eat pine bark or grass on any continent and probably be A-OK.

I do wonder how that data compares with other mammals though. Is it just average, or is it significantly higher?

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That’s based on species though, so it would overrepresent unlikely encounters.

That is fair, but also consider that an intelligent species isn't going to be limited by chance encounters. I regularly eat bananas, but I don't live in India. I regularly eat pineapples, but I don't live in Costa Rica. Very little of my diet is comprised of food that is native to my area. As an intelligent species, we farm food en masse, ship it around the world, and plant things outside of their natural habitat.

I do wonder how that data compares with other mammals though. Is it just average, or is it significantly higher?

Purely speculating, I'd wager slightly above average as a result of the thing I said about omnivores being a precursor to becoming intelligent.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

an intelligent species isn't going to be limited by chance encounters.

That's actually a fantastic point, we change our environment to be more suitable to ourselves, including cultivating unique yet safe species. I've never heard of a poison dart frog farm, nor a field of death caps.

[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

For mammals we are, sure, but there's loads of things that'd kill humans that other animals chow down on perfectly happily, especially when it comes to microorganisms, mushrooms and the rotting things they're often found in/around

I don't think scavenging is right also given that humans used to mainly pick fresh fruits and persistence hunt, both of which are very fresh food which is not overlooked or left by others... Given the fact we picked fresh fruits and hunted for fresh meat, being resistant to berry and fruit based poisons was more important than microorganism based ones, so it makes a lot of sense that so many of the non-intoxicating poisons we like are from fruits and berries

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Scavenging carcasses and chasing predators away from a kill is definitely a behavior we had in the past. Particularly during droughts and famines, scavenging would be an important food source on the Saharan scrubland. IIRC, this would've been before persistence hunting was a thing, back in the H.erectus days, maybe even as far back as some Australopiths.

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

We would also scavenge fallen fruits and berries that were at least partially decayed. It's most likely how we discovered the intoxicating effects of alcohol.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know it's just a typo, but the image "alients" conjured in my head is pretty funny. I have less than zero artistic talent or I'd share it with you all. Hopefully the mental image is enough.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Aliens tree people is an interesting picture indeed.